Summary
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “democratically elected leader” after Donald Trump called him a “dictator” for suspending elections during the war.
Starmer, who spoke with Zelensky, supported Ukraine’s decision, comparing it to the UK’s actions during World War II.
The controversy comes ahead of Starmer’s meeting with Trump, where he plans to push for a US security “backstop” for Ukraine.
Trump’s remarks have sparked criticism, while Russia continues to dismiss potential peace deals without Ukrainian elections.
US has abdicated its role. Europe’s time to take the reins has come.
I wish them luck as an American. Our government is now compromised by fascists.
…we will fight them when push comes to shove, but I do not not know if we will win.
push already came to shove, and nobody fought. I don’t have much hope American Opposition to do anything.
As much as I fucking hate what’s happening to my country (USA), I am glad Europe is waking up and taking charge
I am too, but holy fuck do I wish that literally anyone tried to make a plan for this contingency ahead of time. It really feels like everyone is scrambling to respond, both domestically and internationally.
Edit: the only “success” story I’ve seen so far was out of Japan, where the PM reportedly extensively wargamed dealing with and playing Trump, and it seemed to have gotten the country a favorable deal. Just shocked it seems like nobody else seems to have done even that much.
Japan has a history of working with Nazis, after all.
Europe and the UK
The UK is still Europe.
Nope, they Brexited
We left the union (an action I fought hard against). We are still part of Europe (geographically ) however.
Nope, they sawed it right off and filled the gap with water.
How can you be so confident, yet be so incorrect?
Look at a map, buddy. It’s clearly not connected any more. It’s floating alone all by itself.
i guess the entire landmass of the uk just drifted away when brexit happpened
Yeah you can clearly see it’s disconnected from the mainland now
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It’s literally the first two letters of it
The UK is still in Europe, just not an EU member
No they left and cut the whole nation off, it’s an island now
Bring back Doggerland!
